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Eight Postcards from Utopia

2024 1h 11m Documentary List
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Eight Postcards from Utopia is a found-footage documentary assembled exclusively out of post-socialist Romanian advertisements. In bringing together these documents of Romania's long transition period, they are made to speak about life, love and death, about the body and human frailty, about nature and the supernatural, about recent history, and, of course, about socialism and capitalism. A film between found poetry and an outdated encyclopedia, between trash art and Summa Theologiae.

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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com A mischievous piece of cultural criticism. Aug 29, 2024 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Lingers in the mind as a sharp sociopolitical tangram that could be assembled any number of ways to differing academic and emotional effect: a vision of rebuilding or destruction, hope or nihilistic collapse, depending on what you’re willing to buy. Aug 28, 2024 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine ... There are no surprises in the thematic drift, which is as blunt as the title; there’s nothing to do but note the obvious about unsophisticated, button-pushing advertising. Sep 17, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Eight Postcards from Utopia is a found-footage documentary assembled exclusively out of post-socialist Romanian advertisements. In bringing together these documents of Romania's long transition period, they are made to speak about life, love and death, about the body and human frailty, about nature and the supernatural, about recent history, and, of course, about socialism and capitalism. A film between found poetry and an outdated encyclopedia, between trash art and Summa Theologiae.
Director
Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz
Producer
Alexandru Teodorescu
Production Co
Saga Film
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Romanian
Runtime
1h 11m